Seventy years after the battle of Iwo Jima, two survivors provide perspective on the offensive that is best remembered for an iconic photograph of U.S. Marines raising an American flag. As David Martin reports, the photograph ensures the events of that day will never be forgotten.
A computer model can scan a user's Facebook profile and spit out information about that person's personality and traits. The method may allow employers to go beyond a resume in order to get an intimate understand of a prospective employee. Vladimir Duthier reports.
Millions of Iranians are addicted to the narcotics that flow cheaply and easily from nearby Afghanistan. In an attempt to control the problem, the Iranian government is looking to a method used in America. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tehran.
At a White House conference on violent extremism, President Obama took pains to separate Islam from terrorism, pointedly refusing to use the phrase "Islamic terror." Bill Plante reports.
Nearly two out of three Americans say they see ISIS as a major threat to the United States. And for the first time, more than half favor using U.S. ground troops against ISIS. Michelle Miller reports.
An official with U.S. central command said plans have been finalized for what is expected to be the retaking of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul is held by an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 ISIS fighters who seized it last June when the Iraqi army broke and ran. David Martin reports.
Winter is usually the time of year many northerners head south. But as Vicente Arenas explains, there was no escaping the cold, even way down there.
The UCLA Health System is notifying 179 patients who may have been exposed to infection from a superbug called CRE between October 2014 and January 2015. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
In much of the Northeast, a Siberian express will make it feel like it's double-digits below zero. Dean Reynolds reports on the winter misery.
We don't know much about the leader of ISIS, but a recently-discovered report card shows Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi may have been been an exemplary student -- except for English, which he barely passed.
Police have arrested a suspect in shooting of a Las Vegas mother last week. "48 Hours" Crimesider reporter Michelle Sigona has the details.
Russian troops have been assembling near the border with Ukraine as tension rises almost 7 years after Russia's annexation of Crimea.
At private dinner in New York City, former NYC mayor openly questioned president's patriotism
The GBI Crime Lab is meant for providing closure for those who have lost loved ones. But for one family, a mistake has caused heartache and more problems.
Exposure to carbon monoxide is dangerous to humans and can even be deadly. But scientists at SeaWorld are learning it may not be so bad for some sea animals.
This Sunday, 60 Minutes remembers its friend and master storyteller Bob Simon, who died tragically last week at age 73, with a special 90-minute tribute on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. ET/PT
The president touted his environmental preservation record during a ceremony in Chicago.
CBS News senior national security analyst Juan Zarate joins CBSN to discus the Obama administration's refusal to refer to ISIS as Islamic radicals.
CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer traveled to Iran where addiction to narcotics is rampant. In this preview of her full report set to air on the "CBS Evening News," a group of volunteers - former addicts themselves - hand out food to addicts who are so far gone, they're starving.
CBSN's Nancy Cordes and Elaine Quijano have more on why a huge population of people in the Bay of Bengal could be forced to find a new home.
CBS Homeland Security correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS National Security Analyst Juan Zarate discuss the likelihood of Ukraine and Russia holding their ceasefire agreement and what the president’s administration can do about it.
Temperatures in Minneapolis struggled to crack zero and windchills hit 31 below. In Kentucky, two people were rescued after they fell in a pond while trying to save their dog. Jamie Yuccas of WCCO reports on the cold weather; and, the town built by railroad magnate George Pullman will be designated as a national monument by President Barack Obama on Thursday. Dean Reynolds takes a look at Pullman's legacy and how the community he built helped to create the American middle class.
The president reminded attendees of the world's large Muslim population that are anything but terrorists at the White House's Countering Violent Extremism summit.
The president urged religious figureheads to push back on the notion that there is a "clash of civilizations" with Islamic countries at the Counter Violent Extremism summit.
Just like the Oscars, Hollywood's top pets were also up for top honors. CBSN's Elaine Quijano and Nancy Cordes show us how Crystal the monkey won big.